BEOWULF
Why do we still read it?
Hero's code of values
Lineage, respect for enemies
Wergild, persult of glory
Confidence, justice/vengeance
Comitatus, Wyrd
Physical strength, oratory skill
A record of Anglo-Saxon culture
Common language
Early use of literary devices
Alliteration
Understatement
Foreshadowing
Irony
Metaphor
First English epic hero
The oldest English dragon-slayer
Oldest epic in English
Monks
Hystorical context
Religions
Pagan and Christianity
Six days of the week
Odin and Freya
The gods Thor
Norse mythology
The Roman Empire had ruled much of the world.
Jutes,Saxons and Angles
Angle-Lond= England
Anglo-Saxon culture
Visigoths and Vandal forced Roman to abandon the lands.
Civil wars
What is it?
Plot
Characters
Grendel
Grendel's Mother
Half-Human monster
Hrothgar
The king of Danes
Beowulf
Courangeous,generous,strong,cunning,fearless,wise,moral and good
Native of Greatland
Scandinavian hero
Epic poem
at the end of the 7th century
in Old English
